|
This loving rules
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:39
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 03:31 |
|
|
frnfreilflifhnveuilrnuv
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:39
|
|
|
Loving this match
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:39
|
|
|
bit on that gedo clutch
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:39
|
|
|
What the gently caress Goto!  HE KICKED OUT! 
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:40
|
|
|
ARGH COME ON TAICHI
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:41
|
|
|
Taichi's loving dead, dead as my New Japan bracket 
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:41
|
|
|
nooooo
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:41
|
|
|
noooo
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:41
|
|
|
That was fantastic Sad about taichi losing tho
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:41
|
|
|
 Taichi, his only weakness is dads.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:41
|
|
|
Taichi... you were meant to avenge your friend... 
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:41
|
|
|
cant believe i didnt witness goto choke
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:41
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/njpwworld/status/1367775084119683072?s=21 Tana being SO MAD that there’s someone more ripped than him is delightful
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:42
|
|
|
Oh my god Taichi is still trying to fight 
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:42
|
|
|
I'm 1/4 on my bracket this is a disaster
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:44
|
|
|
now its up to ZSJ to avenge his friend who was trying to avenge his friend
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:44
|
|
|
Seams posted:now its up to ZSJ to avenge his friend who was trying to avenge his friend Its avenge all the way down 
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:47
|
|
|
Luckily Minoru Suzuki is in this quadrant so all we need for him to get revenge on Goto is for Goto to beat Kazuchika Okada
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:48
|
|
|
Rarity posted:Luckily Minoru Suzuki is in this quadrant so all we need for him to get revenge on Goto is for Goto to beat Kazuchika Okada He's nearly done it before and he can nearly do it again!
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:50
|
|
|
Jerusalem posted:He's nearly done it before and he can nearly do it again!
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 11:52
|
|
|
This is Goto's year, mark my words. Note that he didn't lose to the choke, and as such he's eliminated his main weakness.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 12:02
|
|
|
perfect bracket
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 12:03
|
|
|
Cerebral Bore posted:This is Goto's year, mark my words. Note that he didn't lose to the choke, and as such he's eliminated his main weakness. Taichi's just not as good at choking as Goto is
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 12:15
|
|
|
GEORGE W BUSHI posted:3026 fans in attendance so 200 fewer than Stardom drew with Tam Nakano vs Giulia and over 1000 fewer than NOAH drew with Keiji Mutoh vs Go Shiozaki. That is hilarious. In a normal year they'd have done what, 5,000 for the Anniversary Show at Ota City Gym? At some point Nooj gonna have to accept that they do not have the roster depth to run all the shows they want to. Back to back Osaka Jo Halls, 2 Dome shows in 2 weeks in the Tokyo area. It's very ambitious. I get the reason behind it, they aren't making as much money as usual, but at some point Korakuen shows with 200 people in attendance is a terrible look. Not to mention that in the medium to long term it could have an impact on people's faith in NJPW delivering shows of a calibre that justifies the entrance price. One thing to watch Castle Attack Night 1 when you pay $10 a month and another to pay ¥4,500 to attend in person.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 13:12
|
|
|
Castle Attack Night 1 ended up better than expected looking at the card in advance so perhaps not the best example to use there
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 13:20
|
|
|
Rarity posted:Castle Attack Night 1 ended up better than expected looking at the card in advance so perhaps not the best example to use there Better than expected was still thoroughly mediocre. I dunno, £30 seems a lot to me to watch Ishii vs White and nothing else, well, I guess possibly the worst New Japan match since Jado vs Yano is something.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 13:32
|
|
|
Ishii vs White was arguably the best match of the year so far though.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 13:36
|
|
|
forkboy84 posted:Better than expected was still thoroughly mediocre. I dunno, £30 seems a lot to me to watch Ishii vs White and nothing else, well, I guess possibly the worst New Japan match since Jado vs Yano is something. My point is that if you're already happy to pay 30 quid based on that card you'd have come away satisfied with your purchase.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 13:37
|
|
|
Rarity posted:My point is that if you're already happy to pay 30 quid based on that card you'd have come away satisfied with your purchase. Yeah and my point is that an awful lot of people didn't buy a ticket in the first place because it did under 2,000 people, which they could have fit into the presumably cheaper to hire EDION Arena 1 even with COVID restrictions. (NJPW ran there for the G1 last year and did over 2,600 in it) I'm not arguing the company is financially doomed, just that there are signs of diminishing returns from their COVID era schedule and booking. That's one of the reliefs of NJ Cup, they get away from the areas they've run into the ground through January and February
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 14:00
|
|
|
God drat Taichi vs Goto was absolutely slamminforkboy84 posted:Yeah and my point is that an awful lot of people didn't buy a ticket in the first place because it did under 2,000 people, which they could have fit into the presumably cheaper to hire EDION Arena 1 even with COVID restrictions. (NJPW ran there for the G1 last year and did over 2,600 in it) Yep, it was a terrible card on paper, and it being really quite good in execution didn’t sell a single ticket more. It would have been incredibly easy to put together a more exciting Day 1 card with the talent they have, but for whatever reason they chose not to.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 21:18
|
|
|
forkboy84 posted:That is hilarious. Ota fits 4k on the dot depending on configuration. Since they started giving real attendance they have drawn 4k for White v Ospreay, 3.8k for Okada v Ospreay, 3.9k for Okada v Tiger Mask W and a little under 2.9k for the first round of the nj cup in 2019 which functioned in this role I don't think what they drew at Budoken on a weekday during a pandemic with a pretty slapped together card is really all that bad ??? Hiromu would have been worth at least a few more fans but you gotta work with what you are dealt. If anything there is a bit of encouragement to actually build the juniors a bit more because it's really a division of 1 right now. We can talk over saturation (they run a show every 3 days in Tokyo during February) but I'm not seeing the anniversary show as a bad gate all things considered. Burn Down Canberra fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Mar 5, 2021 |
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 21:35
|
|
|
Dave's reporting that Okada's got two slipped discs in his back which is why he's been working so light the last few months. Seriously dude just take a break, getting yourself sorted out has more value for New Japan then spending months feuding with Yujiro
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 21:39
|
|
|
How good are his sources here because he was moving ok and bumping normal in the singles match against evil. I can't remember any spots they pulled back on. They did the railing spot where evil kills the time keeper right ? Sure Okada could be getting needled but it just doesn't seem likely he could wrestle at that level with slipped discs. I'm not a doctor though and I know wrestlers are all maniacs. Edit The really cool tope spot he did against ospreay at kingdom was with an injured back??? Like that's ridiculous Burn Down Canberra fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Mar 5, 2021 |
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 21:44
|
|
|
Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a broken neck.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 23:34
|
|
|
afatwhiteloaf posted:Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a broken freakin' neck. Ftfy
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2021 23:37
|
|
|
taichi vs. goto was outstanding even tho i was rooting for the guy who lost tomorrow's card from the traditional anniversary day and venue: NEW JAPAN CUP 2021 March 6th at 3:00 EST/8:00 GMT/17:00 JST Ota-ku General Gymnasium Toa Henare, David Finlay, and Yuya Uemura vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens, and Taiji Ishimori) L.I.J (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, and BUSHI) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Will Ospreay, and Jeff Cobb) New Japan Cup 2021 Round 1:Tomoaki Honma vs. Minoru Suzuki New Japan Cup 2021 Round 1:Juice Robinson vs. KENTA New Japan Cup 2021 Round 1:Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2021 00:46
|
|
|
maybe shingo will win so lil Kazu can fix his back
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2021 01:02
|
|
|
Seams posted:maybe shingo will win so lil Kazu can fix his back Maybe. But they'll probably have Ospreay vs Kazu in the Finals so Ospreay can get his win back.
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2021 01:30
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 03:31 |
|
|
Maybe Shingo will lariat Okadas back all better
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2021 01:35
|
|